1-1/3 C. crunchy peanut butter
3/4 C. granulated sugar (or you could use brown sugar too)
2 C. flour
1/4 C. molasses
1 tsp. baking soda
1 large egg
Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter a baking sheet or line it with parchment paper. Mix together the flour and baking soda. In a separate bowl, combine the crunchy peanut butter and sugar. Add in the egg and molasses one at a time. Combine with the flour, mixing until well-blended. Shape into walnut-sized balls (small cookies) or egg-sized (but not -shaped) balls (large cookies) and place about 2 inches apart. Put some more sugar in a small bowl. Dip a fork in the sugar and press it into the top of a cookie until it is partially flattened. Redip it in sugar, then press it into the cookie again to make a criss-cross pattern and complete the flattening. Do this for all the cookies. Bake them for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden on top.
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My grandparents are very traditional. They also have a healthy marriage, which makes for some interesting divergences from "traditional". For example, Grandmom is responsible for all the housekeeping (much to her chagrin), except for the yard, garage, and indoor vacuuming. Yes, I said vacuuming. Grandpop at some point must have been relegated to the vacuuming (possibly under duress) but has learned to love it with a deep abiding passion that requires him to own and maintain a vacuum for each vacuuming situation. So, Grandpop has a vacuum for each floor (3), a shop vacuum (the garage), as well as a dustbuster (the stairs) and bissel sweeper (light mess). This information may transform the conditions of women everywhere. Dear Laundry Detergent Companies: please market your products as containing many moving parts or complicated steps that require systematic attendance that only a man could achieve.
Another way that Grandpop has broken out of his traditional man role is that he has always been the Chief Executive of Making Peanut Butter Cookies for Me. It is his specialty, and only Grandpop can make them exactly right.
3/4 C. granulated sugar (or you could use brown sugar too)
2 C. flour
1/4 C. molasses
1 tsp. baking soda
1 large egg
Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter a baking sheet or line it with parchment paper. Mix together the flour and baking soda. In a separate bowl, combine the crunchy peanut butter and sugar. Add in the egg and molasses one at a time. Combine with the flour, mixing until well-blended. Shape into walnut-sized balls (small cookies) or egg-sized (but not -shaped) balls (large cookies) and place about 2 inches apart. Put some more sugar in a small bowl. Dip a fork in the sugar and press it into the top of a cookie until it is partially flattened. Redip it in sugar, then press it into the cookie again to make a criss-cross pattern and complete the flattening. Do this for all the cookies. Bake them for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden on top.
__________
My grandparents are very traditional. They also have a healthy marriage, which makes for some interesting divergences from "traditional". For example, Grandmom is responsible for all the housekeeping (much to her chagrin), except for the yard, garage, and indoor vacuuming. Yes, I said vacuuming. Grandpop at some point must have been relegated to the vacuuming (possibly under duress) but has learned to love it with a deep abiding passion that requires him to own and maintain a vacuum for each vacuuming situation. So, Grandpop has a vacuum for each floor (3), a shop vacuum (the garage), as well as a dustbuster (the stairs) and bissel sweeper (light mess). This information may transform the conditions of women everywhere. Dear Laundry Detergent Companies: please market your products as containing many moving parts or complicated steps that require systematic attendance that only a man could achieve.
Another way that Grandpop has broken out of his traditional man role is that he has always been the Chief Executive of Making Peanut Butter Cookies for Me. It is his specialty, and only Grandpop can make them exactly right.
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